Singapore
Apr 14, 2010
Record fine for shipyard
<!-- by line --> By Khushwant Singh
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The company's managers Lim Tan Kheng Yong (above) and Wong Chun Hoong were also fined for safety lapses.
The company's managers Lim Tan Kheng Yong (above) and Wong Chun Hoong were also fined for safety lapses.
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A SHIPBUILDING company was fined $200,000 yesterday after it pleaded guilty to causing two workplace fires that killed three of its workers and injured 10 others. It is the biggest fine ever imposed on a marine firm here. The company could have been fined up to $500,000. Kreuz Shipbuilding & Engineering's project manager Wong Chun Hoong, 37, was also fined $70,000 yesterday for his role in the first accident in April 2008 that injured four workers.
Investigations showed that the workers were made to test the pressure on new hydraulic pipes installed on a barge using pressurised oxygen. This was, however, not the correct testing equipment for this type of job. A fire and several explosions ensued and injured four workers. Wong was found to have flouted safety procedures that would have prevented the accident, such as checking on the suitability of pressurised oxygen.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
Apr 14, 2010
Record fine for shipyard
<!-- by line --> By Khushwant Singh
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The company's managers Lim Tan Kheng Yong (above) and Wong Chun Hoong were also fined for safety lapses.
The company's managers Lim Tan Kheng Yong (above) and Wong Chun Hoong were also fined for safety lapses.
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A SHIPBUILDING company was fined $200,000 yesterday after it pleaded guilty to causing two workplace fires that killed three of its workers and injured 10 others. It is the biggest fine ever imposed on a marine firm here. The company could have been fined up to $500,000. Kreuz Shipbuilding & Engineering's project manager Wong Chun Hoong, 37, was also fined $70,000 yesterday for his role in the first accident in April 2008 that injured four workers.
Investigations showed that the workers were made to test the pressure on new hydraulic pipes installed on a barge using pressurised oxygen. This was, however, not the correct testing equipment for this type of job. A fire and several explosions ensued and injured four workers. Wong was found to have flouted safety procedures that would have prevented the accident, such as checking on the suitability of pressurised oxygen.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
